USPS to end “approved shipper” programme with Staples

The US Postal Service (USPS) will be shutting down its “approved shipper” programme in Staples stores, according to the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). In an article posted on its website yesterday (5 January), the APWU said that USPS management had informed the union in writing that programme in Staples stores “will be shut down by the end of February 2017”.

The APWU has been a staunch opponent of the USPS/Staples arrangement, which APWU President Mark Dimondstein described as “an acceleration in the privatization of retail services and a direct assault on our jobs”.

As part of its campaign against the deal, the APWU urged its members to boycott Staples and called on other unions to do likewise. Now, the APWU said yesterday: “The boycott against Staples is over!”